Childhood health and the wantedness of male and female children

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 126, Issue , 2017, Pages 19-32

  Palloni, Giordano ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Fertility; Gender; Health

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; FERTILITY; GENDER;

INDONESIA;

EID: 85007482699     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2016.11.005     Document Type: Article

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